Game Thread #54: Atlanta @ Sacramento
by hawksdawgs on Feb 18, 2009 5:19 PM EST
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Hello again my love! Yes, you Shelden.
WHO: Atlanta (31-22) at Sacramento (11-43)
WHERE: Sports South, Hawks Radio Network, NBA Audio League Pass
Hawks Injury Report: None except some dude named Craig, but did anyone else catch how completely lost Woodson was last night with his sub rotation. At one point, he had Acie, Mo, Marvin, Solo, and Zaza. Come back soon Flip.
Sacramento Injury Report: Bobby Brown. But there was a big trade that should help the Hawks.
Blogging With the Enemy: Sactown Royalty
Predicted bane of the Hawks existence: Kevin Martin will surly get his points but with our recent issues in rebounding, I will go with Spencer Hawes.
Game Preview:
In my preview of this west coast swing, I thought the Kings game was important. It will be the easiest to win, and I expected the Hawks to come in 0-1 and with the mindset that getting a second loss to Sacramento would put the team on a crash course for an 0-5 trip. So I placed this as an 8.5 on the must win scale. And that was when I just thought the Hawks would lose to the Lakers not "where are these players' mothers to protect them" lose. So now it is really a must win. There I said it. A must win. That established, I feel Joe deserves a letter.
Dear Joe,
step up.
Yours, Drew
Shelden Williams:
I asked Sactown Royalty for a ten word or less recap of the Shelden Williams era in Sacramento, and they gave me this.
Shelden's greatest Sacramento accomplishment: knocking up the queen of basketball.
Beautiful. Simply Beautiful.
I went on to tell them how excited I was to watch Shelden play upwards of five minutes tonight. And he quickly crushed my dreams with a retort of "Five minutes? You'd better hope the Kings trade half the frontcourt if you expect that ..."
But not twenty minutes later, Brad Miller was gone! Traded to Chicago.
The dream is alive. Miracles happen. Hello my love!
But seriously, tighten up. No more joking, no more subtle mockery of one of the great players from fiance's alma mater, the Hawks need this one. So join me in the comments. If things go south, it is much less depressing when I am not talking to myself.
Go Hawks!
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it seems a bad policy
to have a hawks highlight package that includes marvin’s three against boston considering we lost that game about a second later
I've had that thought many times myself.
There’s a couple of actual game-winners he’s hit this season that would be better served.
Mario West NOT starting tonight
Obviously, Woody was too busy to check the blog today. Let’s hop this doesn’t cost him.
he really has no excuse either
LA to sacramento by plane is not that bad.
borderline jerk move really.
kevin martin is from the southern conference
so maybe that is why i am jumping to the comparison so easily but dang if step curry does not play offense like him.
I propose a new rule
Only let Josh Smith take shots when he first secures the defense rebound and takes it coast-to-coast.
I think that would solve a lot of problems.
Shareef!
not sure if he ever got a triple double half way through the third quarter.
but at least he is a nice guy.
i am so negative
that was a sweet stroke by bibby.
but still, what was that play? post up Joe 20 feet out and cross court pass?
that is what we need Mo
good rebound
and i agree with Nique! and it wasn’t even a heat check comment. Horford does need to be more aggressive.
bobby jackson still on kings?
has he been this whole time?
by Runaround Sues on Feb 18, 2009 11:03 PM EST reply actions
i love how shocked nique is
night in and night out that the hawks can’t put away a team.
they have put away three teams this season.
Solo tries to get it back with the jumper
Good try, Solo. Now go give your floor time back to Josh Smith.
Box score symmetry
With two notable exceptions, the number of fouls is extremely proportional to minutes played.
Al Horford, 0 fouls, 21:44.
Mike Bibby, 1 foul, 20:12
Joe Johnson, 1 foul, 18:23
Mo Evans, 1 foul, 16:42
Marvin Williams, 2 fouls, 12:55
Zaza Pachulia, 2 fouls, 9:47
Josh Smith, 2 fouls, 4:29
Your two exceptions
Solomon Jones, 3 fouls, 12:00
Acie Law, 0 fouls, 3:48
by Bronn on Feb 18, 2009 11:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
next time you see something like this
just keep it to yourself
i have no reason to dislike mike woodson more than i do.
It was very different with about 4 minutes left in the half
Those last 4 minutes get you every time.
I think the fact that no one besides Horford attempts to rebound is a big reason the Hawks are trailing.
Al Horford
He continues to convince me that if he touched the ball on every possession, many things would be much better.
haha i can't tell you how many times i watched shelden
take that shot in warm ups.
apparently the hawks watched too being that he was wide open.
how interesting would a big man
3 point shooting contest be? that seemed like a funny idea when i typed it. i think its time for sleep
Depends on who's invited
I mean, Nowitzki, Okur, Bargnani, and Matt Bonner wouldn’t be too entertaining.
Damiper, Camby, Dwight, and Yao might be more interesting.
thats a good idea
they couldnt be much worse than the guys in this years contest
by Runaround Sues on Feb 19, 2009 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
i love the serious conversation on a big man's three point contest
at 12 am, with the game in the fourth quarter.
and for the record i am picking shaq, dwight howard, ben wallace, kendrick perkins, and zaza.
Really at a loss to explain why Horford isn’t taking pretty much every shot at this point. There’s no one on the King’s roster he can’t score against.
Wasn't this game supposed to be a rout?
Worst team in the league, that is shorthanded because they just made a trade?
Blah.
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